The New York Times – Sports:
Enjoy today’s top racehorses while you can. It won’t be long before they quit racing and go where the real money is.
Category: Kentucky Derby
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Even in Exile, Bob Baffert Is the King of the Sport of Kings
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Baffert was barred from Triple Crown races after Medina Spirit tested positive for a prohibited drug at the 2021 Kentucky Derby. But owners keep sending him expensive horses — and he keeps winning.
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Rich Strike Is Resting, but He’s Not Done Racing
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An 80-1 shot who won this year’s Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike is preparing to race as a 4-year-old. “He is twice the horse that he was in May,” his trainer said.
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Can Jockey Sonny Leon Ride Rich Strike to a Win at the Belmont?
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Sonny Leon became a big name in the sport when he steered Rich Strike to victory in the Kentucky Derby. But he says he’s happiest on small-time ovals.
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Lisa Lazarus Wants to Convince You that Horse Racing Is Clean
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Lisa Lazarus is the chief executive of a new organization created by Congress whose job is to eliminate doping and abuse in thoroughbred racing.
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Early Voting Wins Preakness Stakes
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He held off Epicenter to win the middle race of the Triple Crown series.
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Rich Strike, Winner of the Kentucky Derby, Will Skip the Preakness
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Rich Strike’s owner said he had decided not to push the horse to run only two weeks after it came out of nowhere to win the Derby.
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Horse Racing Needed Some Inspiration, and Rich Strike Supplied It
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The colt’s jockey, trainer and owner are anything but racing royalty, but they are the kind of story the sport needs right now.
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Rich Strike, Kentucky Derby Long Shot, Wins in Stunning Upset
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At the Kentucky Derby, the 80-1 long shot Rich Strike showed that horse racing isn’t just for the humans and horses with fancy pedigrees.